2 yo regressing with new baby coming! Needing advice!

My son was about 18 months when he started to climb from his crib so I moved him to his toddler bed. That went okay. I would have to put him in my bed until he went to sleep every night and then move him to his toddler bed. He mostly would stay there all night. Sometimes he would get up and come to my bed at night.

Around 20 months I took him off the bottle. Had no problems with it. He did okay without it. He started teething and would not eat or drink and he found bottles we had stored for the new baby that is on the way. He cried A LOT for it and I gave in. So he got back on the bottle!

The past week or so he has had major problems with going to bed. Screaming, not staying in the bed, not wanting to go to sleep until very late.

Friday night he had to have dad and his puppy in the bed in order to go to sleep. Saturday night he screamed for 20 minutes with no end in site. I finally told my hubby to turn his crib around so he couldn't climb out of it( the back is higher that the front) and I put him in it with a bottle. He cried for 1 minute then got his bottle and went to sleep.

So here I am with him back at square one with a bottle at bedtime and back in his crib. And on top of it all he had been showing signs of being ready to practice potty training but nothing now.

I hate that he has started over but if he is happy back in the crib having a bottle and not screaming then so be it.

I don't mind the crib so much but it does look ridiculous turned around but I don't know how to keep him from climbing out.

So at what age did your lo start sleeping in a big kid bed and how did you keep them from climbing out of the crib before they moved to the big bed?

Also I was given a twin bed and am wondering if he might do better to sleep in that than the toddler bed?

I have a lo due Nov 2nd and with this my son has regressed!

My son was about 18 months when he started to climb from his crib so I moved him to his toddler bed. That went okay. I would have to put him in my bed until he went to sleep every night and then move him to his toddler bed. He mostly would stay there all night. Sometimes he would get up and come to my bed at night.

Around 20 months I took him off the bottle. Had no problems with it. He did okay without it. He started teething and would not eat or drink and he found bottles we had stored for the new baby that is on the way. He cried A LOT for it and I gave in. So he got back on the bottle!

The past week or so he has had major problems with going to bed. Screaming, not staying in the bed, not wanting to go to sleep until very late.

Friday night he had to have dad and his puppy in the bed in order to go to sleep. Saturday night he screamed for 20 minutes with no end in site. I finally told my hubby to turn his crib around so he couldn't climb out of it( the back is higher that the front) and I put him in it with a bottle. He cried for 1 minute then got his bottle and went to sleep.

So here I am with him back at square one with a bottle at bedtime and back in his crib. And on top of it all he had been showing signs of being ready to practice potty training but nothing now.

I hate that he has started over but if he is happy back in the crib having a bottle and not screaming then so be it.

I don't mind the crib so much but it does look ridiculous turned around but I don't know how to keep him from climbing out.

So at what age did your lo start sleeping in a big kid bed and how did you keep them from climbing out of the crib before they moved to the big bed?

Also I was given a twin bed and am wondering if he might do better to sleep in that than the toddler bed?

I work with children- babies from a couple days old up to 21 year olds. I see this all the time where parents 'give in' to what the child wants. At this age they KNOW what they are doing and when you give in it gets that much harder nexxt time. Not sure if you have seen super nanny but her methods are spot on. They climb out you put them back. Keep doing it till LO falls asleep. It may take an hour or 2 a couple nights in a row but better than a struggle for months. At this point your LO is winning and is in control. Your LO will do what you want them to do with some reinforcement. Reinforce now and it will be less struggle down the road

I work with children- babies from a couple days old up to 21 year olds. I see this all the time where parents 'give in' to what the child wants. At this age they KNOW what they are doing and when you give in it gets that much harder nexxt time. Not sure if you have seen super nanny but her methods are spot on. They climb out you put them back. Keep doing it till LO falls asleep. It may take an hour or 2 a couple nights in a row but better than a struggle for months. At this point your LO is winning and is in control. Your LO will do what you want them to do with some reinforcement. Reinforce now and it will be less struggle down the road

I recently converted my dd's bed to a toddler bed bc she could climb out. I am also expecting sep 14. Dd was 16m when she climbed out. It has been about a month and she does better at bed time than at nap time. I just do my reg routine that we used to do w crib. I put her down and leave. Sometimes she gets up to play (had to totally baby proof her room)... But she usually will put herself back to bed. We still do a bottle bc I was afraid of too much transition bc we are also moving in oct! I let her have whatever she wants in her bed... Blankie, dolls, stuffed animal etc. sometimes at nap we end up needing to reset and have had to take her downstairs to play for 30min before trying again. Not sure if this is a bad idea according to pp but it seems to help! GL!

I recently converted my dd's bed to a toddler bed bc she could climb out. I am also expecting sep 14. Dd was 16m when she climbed out. It has been about a month and she does better at bed time than at nap time. I just do my reg routine that we used to do w crib. I put her down and leave. Sometimes she gets up to play (had to totally baby proof her room)... But she usually will put herself back to bed. We still do a bottle bc I was afraid of too much transition bc we are also moving in oct! I let her have whatever she wants in her bed... Blankie, dolls, stuffed animal etc. sometimes at nap we end up needing to reset and have had to take her downstairs to play for 30min before trying again. Not sure if this is a bad idea according to pp but it seems to help! GL!

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